The number of aircraft an operator possesses are factors that will determine the type of  his business outfit in the air transport sector. .

Somebody who comes in with just one or two aircraft does not stand a good chance of surviving  for long in his operations.

This is because if  one of the aircraft goes out of business, and he  sells tickets to the passengers, there will be commotions.

For new entrants into the airline business in Nigeria,six aircraft are recommended. This shows that the intending operators  have very strong financial backgrounds of running an airline.

Director General, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority(NCAA) Capt.Musa Nuhu stated the position of the Agency while fielding questions from newsmen.

According to him, issues of flight cancellations and delays will be reduced to barest minimum.

“The problem is that a lot of the airlines don’t even have the capacity to meet current financial obligations.”

“ If you have three aircraft for instance and you lose one out of it, it has become a problem to meet up with your operations. Then, you start to have issues of flight delays, cancellations and all that.”

“It is not only for new entrants, but the old ones too have a period by which they have to comply. If everybody has one or two aircraft, we will keep having this recurrent problem of flight cancellations and delays.”

. People,he said will criticize the idea but every country is different. “We have to look at our own peculiar history and try and come with solutions, but regulations are not cast in stones.”

“If the situation changes, the regulation would be reviewed accordingly. Whenever it is necessary, we don’t have to wait for five years before we make amendments.”

He explained:”What again we are trying to do is to institutionalize NCAA, we want to make NCAA a proper institution so that the standard across the board is maintained. It is still an ongoing process.”

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